I mean, you can’t really have accounts, pretending to be the president of the US, making joke tweets, and having people believe them. In that sense, verification is reasonable.
But yeah, Bluesky shouldn’t be letting these freaks anywhere near their platform
If the platforms are (or pretend to be) politically neutral, then that’s what they should do - just make sure the accounts that are being created are what they’re being purported to be.
As I said, that’s bare minimum. Next comes a lot of risk mitigation. Some common sense risk mitigation.
Why?
I mean, you can’t really have accounts, pretending to be the president of the US, making joke tweets, and having people believe them. In that sense, verification is reasonable.
But yeah, Bluesky shouldn’t be letting these freaks anywhere near their platform
I say verify ‘em and then ban ‘em. “This is the real account, and it can really fuck off.”
If the platforms are (or pretend to be) politically neutral, then that’s what they should do - just make sure the accounts that are being created are what they’re being purported to be.
As I said, that’s bare minimum. Next comes a lot of risk mitigation. Some common sense risk mitigation.